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ines were held in Drogheda and Dun.

ings were held in Drogheda and Dun
dalk.
On April % contested election took
place in Drogheda for Town Councillor
for the Fair Gate Ward. Mr.. Thomas
Brady, Nationalist, was elected over
his opponent.
William Henry Kisbee, Queens Ad-
vocate, has been appointed County
Court Judge Of Armagh and Louth, in
the room of Mr.. Gamble, deceased. At
Drogheda, on April %, he attended at
the Quarter Sessions, and there being
no criminal business, was presented
with the white gloves.
LIMERICK
A monster demonstration was held in
Limerick on April II to protest against
coercion. -Four thousand people march
ed through the principal streets pre-
vious to the meeting. which was held
at the market field. The Corporation
and all the local national societies were
present. Mayor O'Keefe presided, and
the other speakers were John G. Finu-
cane, M. p. Rev. William Higgins.
Alderman Dundon, Stephen Joshph
Meany and the Rev. Fathers Lee and
Ambrose.
MAYO.
On the afternoon Of April Is, as the
limited mail train was proceeding to
Ballina, two children named Cannon
were run over and killed.
MONAGHAN.
On April II the men Of Monahan held
a meeting in the parish church, Monag-
han, and resolutions we're passed and
speeches made strongly condemning
coercion.
QUEENS COUNTY.
Evictions were renewed on the Lans-
downe estate at Luggacurran, on April
10, seven families being evicted. About
$50 police and 100 soldiers were present.
MIR. William O'Brien afterwards adj
dressed a meeting Of the tenants and
spoke OF his visit to Canada. On the
next day five families were dispossess-
ed. The crowd hooted the police.
ROSCOAIMON.
On April II, the people of Castlerea
and the Jenantry Of the surrounding es-
tates held a grand demonstration for
the purpose of protesting against the
Coercion Bill and also of giving encorM-
agement to the .enantry in the district
who have adopted the plan. Mr.. VIM.
O'Brien who Was the principal spepker,
and his speech was forcible and clio
quent one.
WATERFORD.
At the opening of the Waterford CITY
Quarter Sessions on April 90, County
Court Judge Waters congratulated the
jury on the peaceful state Of the county,
there being only one case to 60 before
them He also spoke of the peaceful
state of the Counties Cavan and Lei
trim which he had visited. He was
sorry, however. to say that he had diff
ferent figures in another matter in the
county court. on April 70. He had to
deal with 81 ejectments, number that
no rlx,
four times as much as he had to deal
with in the County Waterford since he
had the honor of presiding there. He
hoped it did not mean that the county
was becoming jnsolvent and unable to
pay it's way-tllat it was only a temper
any depression, and that with the fine
spring and a favorable summer the
times would mend.
On Sunday April II, largely attend
ed meeting Of citizens Of Waterford
was' held in Ballybricken to protest
against the Government Coercion Bill.
The chairman was taken, amid applause
by Alderman Richard Power, Mayor of
Waterford, VINO briefly stated the object
of the meeting, The resolutions were
then proposed by Father Flynn, F. F.,
who, in the course of his speech, said:
They were taxed with the plan of cam
paign, but the plan instead of being
illegal was only the handmade of the
law, for it simply. did by one sort of
pressure on the landlords what the gov
eminent failed to do by another. (Great
cheers.) Alderman RYAN: j. P, Sec
onded the resolutions, which we're
passed with loud cheers.
at meeting of the priests and peo-
pie of the united parishes Of Clashmore
and Kinsalebeg, which was held at
Clashmore on recent Sunday, the Rev.
J. Henneberry, c. c., in the chair, reso-
lutions condemning the coercion bill
were unanimously adopted.
WESTMEATH.
The landlords and magistrates of
Westmeath are telling Dublin Castle
that they want more police to carry out